The Windhover

>> Saturday, June 27, 2009

Here is a beautiful poem from Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ. The images presented are powerful and majestic, as a tribute to Christ, the King. For indeed, Jesus is King - great in His love and powerful to resist the temptations of the devil. Mighty is our God who lived among us and saved us all from death.

I caught this morning morning's minion,
kingdom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon,
in his riding of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend; the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart is hiding
Stirred for a bird, - the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!

Brute beauty and valour are act, oh, air, pride, plume here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!

No wonder of it: sheer plod makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.



2 beautiful reactions:

Chris June 30, 2009 at 10:11 AM  

i like your site! i will link this up with my other site :) hope you can visit me there too

http://chrisamador.blogspot.com/

Euroangel July 1, 2009 at 8:25 PM  

elow Sis..musta na ka na pala dyan sa stuttgart...baka punta nga kami this wekeed sa landshut...kc minsan lang yung festival na yun...sige ingat.....following na pala this blog...feel free to follow any of my blogs...ingatz..God bless!

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